T For Texas (blue Yodel No. 1) Lyrics - Billy Walker

T for Texas, T for Tennessee 

T for Texas, T for Tennessee 

T for Telma the gal 

Who made a wreck out of me 

If you don't want me, mama, you sure don't have to stall 

If you don't want me, mama, you sure don't have to stall 

'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul 

Gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall 

Gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall 

I'm gonna shoot poor Telma just to see her jump and fall 

Rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log 

Rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log 

Than to be in Atlanta treated like an old hound dog 

Gonna buy me a shotgun with a big long shiny belt 

Gonna get me a shotgun with a big long shiny belt 

Gonna shoot that rounder the one who stole away my gal 

T for Texas, T for Tennessee